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Stenocercus roseiventris D’ORBIGNY in DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1837

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rose Whorltail Iguana 
SynonymStenocercus rosei-ventris D’ORBIGNY in DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 350
Steironotus (Stenocercus) roseiventris — FITZINGER 1843: 133
Stenocercus roseiventris — BOULENGER 1885: 133
Stenocercus atrigularis WERNER 1913: 11
Stenocercus roseiventris — PETERS et al. 1970: 257
Stenocercus roseiventris — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Stenocercus roseiventris — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007
Stenocercus rosieventris — CRNOBRNA et al. 2023 (in error) 
DistributionE Peru (Amazonas), Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz), N Argentina (Jujuy, Salta), Brazil (Acre, Rondônia)

Type locality: Bolivia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 6879 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS (genus): (1) Superior fossa of quadrate not enlarged (not penetrated by a process of the squamosal); (2) alveolar shelf of mandible robust; (3) posterior process of the interclavicle anterior to contact with the sternum long; (4) hemipenial sheath musculature extensive, lacking dorsal accessory muscle; (5) gular scales imbricate posteriorly; (6) interparietal not enlarged or absent (following Frost 1992 and TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007). 
CommentSynonymy partly after Peters et al. 1970.

Type Species: Stenocercus rosei-ventris D’ORBIGNY in DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837 is the type species of the genus Stenocercus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 349.

Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin roseus, rose-colored, red + Latin Ventris, stomach, womb; belly. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024)

The genus was named after Greek stenos (στενός), narrow + Greek cercos (κέρκος), tail. 
References
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